Recollections of a chaperon

By Arabella Jane Sullivan

How much can a woman trust her own feelings when courtship, marriage and family duty are judged by rank, wealth and public reputation? Across four substantial narratives, private affection collides with vanity, jealousy, concealment and misunderstanding, placing women's emotional lives and moral choices under sustained scrutiny. Widowhood, fidelity and female education deepen a searching portrayal of domestic life shaped by social expectation. Country houses and rural communities stand in revealing contrast to London's fashionable society, while frontier surroundings, military stations and continental settings broaden the collection's social range. Courtship and married life unfold amid competing claims of genuine attachment, outward respectability and domestic responsibility. Fashionable dissipation exposes the distance between appearance and character, and the movement between metropolitan society and rural domesticity repeatedly alters how conduct is seen and judged. Beyond its romantic and sentimental concerns, the collection introduces military honour, political unrest, poverty and labour grievance, including the treatment of civilians. Legal, family and political pressures enter the domestic sphere without displacing its central concern: the difficult choices created when private feeling must answer to public standards. This blend of domestic fiction, social observation and historical fiction gives each narrative a distinct field of conflict while preserving a shared interest in deception, class and moral responsibility. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9378416438
• ISBN13: 9789378416439
• Release Date: February 2027
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"